Exodus 12:43

Passover Restrictions

43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal: “No foreigner may eat it.

Exodus 12:43 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
English Standard Version (ESV)
43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,
New Living Translation (NLT)
43 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the instructions for the festival of Passover. No outsiders are allowed to eat the Passover meal.
The Message Bible (MSG)
43 God said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the rules for the Passover: No foreigners are to eat it.
American Standard Version (ASV)
43 And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof;
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the rules for the Passover: "No foreigner may eat the Passover meal.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
43 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner may eat it.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
43 The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron. He said, "Here are the rules for the Passover. "No one from another country is allowed to eat the Passover meal.

Exodus 12:43 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:43

And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron
At the same time he acquainted them with the above things: this is the ordinance of the passover;
as before delivered, and these the laws and rules, according to which it is to be observed, as now related, both with respect to the lamb, and to the unleavened bread; and the following is an account of the persons that were to partake of it: there shall no stranger eat thereof,
one that is of another country, an entire Heathen, and unacquainted with, and does not profess the Jewish religion, which was the religion of God.

Exodus 12:43 In-Context

41 At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions left Egypt.
42 Because the LORD kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the LORD for the generations to come.
43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal: “No foreigner may eat it.
44 Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him,
45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S ver 11
  • 2. ver 48; Numbers 9:14; Numbers 15:14; 2 Chronicles 6:32-33; Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 56:3,6; Isaiah 60:10
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